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PMDD Diagnosis: Why It Takes So Long, and Who Can Actually Help
Why does it so often take years to get a PMDD diagnosis — and once you suspect it, who should you actually go and see? In this episode, Dr Georgina Standen explains why this condition falls through the gaps in the healthcare system, and how to find a clinician who can actually help.
In this episode:
Why PMDD diagnosis is genuinely complex — hormone tests are usually normal, and treatment has to be individualised
Why so many women aren't believed the first time they raise their symptoms
How PMDD sits between gynaecology, psychiatry and general practice — and why that gap slows diagnosis down…
The skinny
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